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[Generals and Napoleon @AndNapoleon]

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[J.K. Lunden @Jklunden]

🚨 BREAKING: France’s Digital ID System Hacked—Sensitive Data of 19 Million Citizens Now Sold on the Dark Web

France’s centralized digital identity platform, operated by France Titres (formerly ANTS), suffered a major breach on April 15, 2026.

Hackers stole records affecting roughly one-third of the French population and started auctioning them on dark web forums.

The exposed database contains:

• Full names

• Email addresses and phone numbers

• Dates and places of birth

• Postal addresses

• Unique government account IDs

This information gives criminals powerful tools for identity theft, phishing campaigns, synthetic identities, and large-scale financial fraud.

The system manages passports, national ID cards, driver’s licenses, residency permits, and vehicle registrations.

Officials confirmed no biometric photos or uploaded documents were taken, but the core personal data is now circulating.

Hackers operating under aliases like “breach3d” and “ExtaseHunters” posted the massive dump soon after the intrusion.

French authorities acknowledged the security incident and are notifying affected individuals, though the sheer scale makes rapid alerts challenging.

France has seen multiple major government data breaches recently, including student records via ÉduConnect, bank account details, and medical information.

Centralized systems handling vast amounts of linked personal data create high-value targets that attract persistent attackers.

Action steps if you’re in France or have connections there:

• Closely monitor all financial and government accounts

• Strengthen 2FA on every service

• Stay alert for phishing attempts impersonating official agencies

• Consider credit monitoring or freezes where available

French authorities detained a 15-year-old suspect on April 25 in connection with the breach.

The teenager is believed to have operated under the alias “breach3d” and offered between 12 and 18 million records for sale on hacking forums.

Prosecutors in Paris have opened a formal investigation into the minor on computer crime charges.

The full story is still unfolding as more details emerge about how the breach occurred and the exact scope of the exposure.

This incident highlights the profound dangers of centralized digital ID systems.

When governments consolidate citizens’ most sensitive personal information into single, internet-connected databases, they create massive single points of failure.

One successful hack can expose millions instantly, turning everyday personal details into weapons for widespread fraud and surveillance.

As nations push for broader digital ID adoption, this breach serves as a stark reminder that convenience and control come at the steep price of heightened vulnerability for entire populations.

[Ben Graham @BenGrahamUK]

People in Britain need to remain as vocal as possible against Digital ID.

Once a government normalises digital identity systems, there is no turning back. Powers introduced “for safety” today become tools of control tomorrow.

Freedom should never be conditional on a QR code, app or state permission.

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

‼️🇪🇺 The EU's new Age Verification app was hacked with little to no effort.

When you set it up, the app asks you to create a PIN. But that PIN isn't actually tied to the identity data it's supposed to protect. An attacker can delete a couple of entries from a file on the phone, restart the app, pick a new PIN, and the app happily hands over the original user's verified identity credentials as if nothing happened.

It gets worse. The app's "too many attempts" lockout is just a counter in a text file. Reset it to 0 and keep guessing. The biometric check (face/fingerprint) is a simple on/off switch in the same file. Flip it to off and the app skips it entirely.

[Institute of Economic Affairs @iealondon]

🇬🇧 We asked Brits where the UK ranks vs US states in income per person.

Average answer: 7th. Wealthier than 43 states.

The reality: 51st. Dead last. Below Mississippi. Below Arkansas. Below every single US state. 🧵

[David Frost @DavidGHFrost]

Fixed it:

“From 2027, thousands of students, apprentices and young people will be able to study and work across Europe, *just as they can now*, gaining international experience and new skills *but at much greater cost to you, the taxpayer.*

[C-Reason🇺🇸 @CreasonJana]

REMINDER … after @BarackObama was elected, this crap👇🏾was circulated all over social media, and even some publications, throughout his entire Presidency.

No leftist-liberal legacy media personality, Democrat or the @Pontifex at the time said anything. Not even Republicans said anything.

[Melinda Richards 🇦🇺🇺🇸 @goodfoodgal]

Proving your age.

It’s not long now.
The digital squeeze is on.
When people ask in 5 years time, when trapped in the digital ID system, “how did it come to this?” - well, it was baby steps.

[J Stewart @triffic_stuff_]

🚨CENSORSHIP ALERT! ⚠️

Keir Starmer is summoning bosses from Meta, Google, Snapchat & TikTok to Downing Street tomorrow for "urgent talks" on child online safety.

Don't buy the "it's for the kids" nonsense.

This is desperation for control and censorship, plain and simple.

Starmer will keep pushing until he gets his way.

The real target? Platforms like X – where the truth spills out every day. No more hiding behind controlled legacy media.

People see the actual state of the country in real time: open borders chaos, grooming scandals ignored, economic mess, two-tier policing. It's incredibly damaging to Starmer and his failing government.

When you can't win the argument or fix the problems, the easy button is always more censorship. Regulate "addictive features," age bans, "harmful content" rules... it all leads to the same place: silencing dissent.

Parents can protect their own kids. The state just wants to curate what everyone sees.

F*ck off with the fake concern. Free speech isn't negotiable.

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

One of the great political moves by the left in recent years has been convincing a large portion of America that "the rich" don’t pay taxes and it’s all poor people, when the exact opposite is true.

The Top 1% pay 46% of all income taxes.
The Top 10% pay 76% of all income taxes.

[Reclaim The Net @ReclaimTheNetHQ]

The EU keeps saying its digital identity wallet is voluntary. Germany's ruling party now wants to require it for every social media login. They even want VPN workarounds blocked, which means deep packet inspection of your internet traffic. You don't set an 80% adoption target for something you plan to keep optional...

https://t.co/UnKoE1mrif

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just put the entire university system on trial.

Not the curriculum. Not the professors. The premise.

Musk: “You don’t need college to learn stuff. Everything is available basically for free. You can learn anything you want for free.”

For a thousand years, universities held one monopoly. Access. You paid the toll or you stayed ignorant.

The internet erased that in a decade.

Every lecture. Every framework. Every textbook. Free. From any screen on Earth.

The six-figure tuition is no longer buying knowledge. It is buying a signal.

Musk: “There is a value that colleges have, which is seeing whether somebody can work hard at something, including a bunch of annoying homework assignments, and still do their homework assignments.”

That is the product. Not intelligence. Not creativity. Not vision. Compliance.

You are paying $200,000 to prove you can tolerate bureaucracy on a schedule.

Musk: “Colleges are basically for fun and to prove you can do your chores. But they’re not for learning.”

The entire system is a sorting machine for corporate HR. It does not measure what you can build. It measures whether you can sit still, follow directions, and deliver on command.

Four years of obedience dressed as education.

Musk: “If you’re trying to do something exceptional, you must have evidence of exceptional ability. I don’t consider going to college evidence of exceptional ability.”

The system optimizes for average. It rewards the compliant. It certifies the patient. It quietly filters out everyone who refuses to wait for permission.

The ones who reshaped the modern world never finished the test.

Musk: “Gates is a pretty smart guy, he dropped out. Jobs is pretty smart, he dropped out. Larry Ellison, smart guy, he dropped out.”

They did not drop out because it was too hard. They dropped out because the speed limit was too low.

The most dangerous thing a university does is convince a generational talent that finishing the syllabus is the achievement.

It is not. It is the floor.

A degree is a receipt for compliance. The future has never belonged to people who finish their homework. It belongs to the ones who never needed the assignment.

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[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

This Venezuelan is spot on:

“Those who say that the U.S. is only interested in our oil, I ask you: What do you think the Russians and the Chinese wanted here? The recipe for arepas?"

[Tips Excel @gudanglifehack]

Delete 99.8% of your digital footprint from the internet.

Here is a step-by-step guide:

[No to Digital ID @NoToDigitalID]

Pretty accurate.

[Songpinganq @songpinganq]

The Digital ID when combined with the Central Bank Digital Currency is the single greatest threat to our freedoms today.

Authorities can take away your freedom with just a click on a computer..then you can't pay for food, buy train ticket..Society literally becomes an open air prison🚨

[Dodge This Security @shotgunner101]

Coming to a western government near us all